Door check bracket



Dec. 2o, 1938; R C, JACOBS 2,140,958

DooR CHECK BRACKET Filed March 29, 1937 Snvcntox:

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFEicE 2,140,958 noon. CHECK BRACKET Rex C. Jacobs, Detroit, Mich.

Application March 29, 1937, Serial No. 133,606

' 171 Claims. (C1. 16-82) This invention relates to door check brackets of-the base I. 'I'his feature is important for reaand has as its object to provide a bracket for use sons which will hereinafter appear. in combination with door checks such as dis- The wall 2 is provided with a slot 1, and the Closed inmy prior Patents 2,039,960 and 2,039, metal which is struck outwardly to form this slot 961 of May 5,1936, and 2,034,905 of March 24, is shaped to provide a socket 8 for a ball 9, the 5 1936. ball being retained lin the socket 8 by the edges Door checks of the character referred to above IIJ of the slot. The wall 3 has a similar slot II are formed of metal and are longitudinally and and socket I2 receiving a ball I3, the ball being laterally resilient, the longitudinal resiliency beheid in the socket I2 by the edges I4 of the 10 ing utilized to cushion the act of checking swingslot II. 10.

ing movement of a door and the lateral resiliency The bracket has its base I secured to a door being utilized to retard outward swinging movepillar I5, as shown in Fig. 1, and the door check ment of the door as well as to yieldably. oppose I6 has two resilient varms I'I and I8 which extend closing movement of the door from its fully between the walls 2 and 3 and the upper and opened position. In order to utilize the longilower webs 4. The two arms II and I8 are at- 15 tudinal and lateral resiliency of the door check tached to a bracket I9 on a door 20 and diverge it is used in combination with a bracket having away from the bracket I9. The ends of the arms spaced apart walls between which the door check which extend into the body structure 2I are moves lengthwise. As the door opens the spaced spaced apart by a rubber cushion 22 and have walls engage the check and cause the same to shoulders 23 and 24 adapted to engage the seats 20 become compressed, resulting in a retarding ac- 5 and 6 respectively. Spaced from the shoultion which progressively increases as the door ders 23 and 24 respectively are opposed shoulders swings open. When the door is fully opened the 25 and 26.

walls engage shoulders on the check, and due to In operation, as the door 20 is moved from the g5 the lateral resiliency, yieldably oppose closing dotted line position shown in Fig. 1 to the full 25 movement of the door. line position the diverging arms I1 and I8 en- It has been found, as a result of experience, gage the balls 9 and I3 respectively and in order that engagement of the metal door checks with to pass therebetween become compressed. Comthe spaced walls on the bracket sets up undepression of the arms yieldably opposes movement sirable noises. If used Without lubrication of the door. As the door is fully opened the 30 squeaks result, and it is difiicult to maintain lt shoulders 23 and 24 engage the seats 5 and 6 relubricated. Even when lubricated, undesirable spectively, ythe shoulders 23 and 2 4 being relasounds are present due to the scraping metal to tively disposed as shown whereby the shoulder metal contact. It is the primary object of this 23 'strikes its seat in advance of engagement of invention to improve the bracket construction the shoulder 24 with its seat. With thecheck 35 and to eliminate all undesirable noises. in the position shown in Fig. 1 the shoulders 25 With the above and other ends in view the inan'd 26 engage the balls 9 and I3 respectively to vention consists in matters hereinafter more paryieldably oppose closing of the door.

ticularly described with reference to the accom- Although a specific embodiment of the inven- 40 panying drawing, in Which tion has been illustrated and described it will be 40 Figure 1 is a section of a door structure illusunderstood that various. changes may be made trating the dOOr Check and bracket assembly; within the scope of the appended claims without Fig- 2 1S an elevation 0f the bracket; departing from the spirit of the invention, and Fig-3 iS a Plan 0f the bracket, and such changes are contemplated. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the bracket. p What I claim is:- 45

Like characters of reference are employed 1. A bracket for a laterally resilient door check throughout to designate corresponding parts. having diverging surfaces, said bracket havin!!l The numeral l designates the bracket base means thereon for engaging' the diverging surhaving a perpendicular wall 2 and an oblique wall faces to cause compression of the check incident 3 extending therefrom. All top and bottom the to lengthwise movement thereof, said means hav- 50 4two walls 2 and 3 are united by integral webs 4. ing a point 'contact with respective diverging sur- As may be clearly seen in Figs. 3 and 4, the wall faces. 3 is longer than the wall 2, and. therefore, the 2. A bracket for a laterally resilient door check bearing surfaces 5 and 6 on the walls 2 and 3 having diverging surfaces, said' bracket having respectively, are unequally spaced from the plane means thereon for engaging the diverging surfaces to cause compression of the check incident to lengthwise movement thereof, said means having spherical surfaces engaging respective diverging surfaces.

3. A bracket for a laterally resilient door check having diverging surfaces, said bracket having means thereon for engaging the diverging surfaces to cause compression of the check incident to lengthwise movement thereof, said means comprising a pair of spaced apart balls engaging respective diverging surfaces.

4. lA bracket for a laterally resilient door check having diverging surfaces and shoulders at one end thereof, said bracket having means thereon for engaging the diverging surfaces to cause compression of the check incident to lengthwise movement, and rigid means adapted to engage respective shoulders, said rst named means having a point contact with respective diverging surfaces.

5. A bracket for a laterally resilient door check having diverging surfaces and shoulders at one end thereof, said bracket having means thereon for engaging the diverging surfaces to cause `compression of the check incident to lengthwise movement, rigid means adapted to engage respective shoulders, said first named means having a point contact with respective diverging surfaces, and said second named means being disposed whereby it engages one shoulder in advance of the other.

6. A bracket for a laterally resilient door check having diverging surfaces and'shoulders at one end thereof, said bracket having means thereon for engaging the diverging surfaces to cause compression of the check incident to lengthwise movement, and rigid means adapted to engage respective shoulders, said rst named means having spherical surfaces for engagement with respective diverging surfaces.

'7. A bracket for a laterally resilient door check having diverging surfaces and shoulders at one end thereof, said bracket having means thereon for engaging the diverging surfaces to cause compression of the check incident to lengthwise movement, rigid means adapted to engage respective shoulders, said first named means having spherical surfaces for engagement with respective diverging surfaces, and said second named means being `disposed whereby it engagesone shoulder in advance of the other.

8. A bracket for the purpose described comprising a'base, a pair of spaced Walls projecting from said base, and balls mounted in respective Walls 1n spaced relation to said base.

9. A bracket for the purpose described comprising a. base, a pair of spaced walls projecting from said base, balls mounted in respective walls in spaced relation to said base, vand seats formed on the ends of said walls, s aid seats being unequally spaced from said base.

10. A bracket for the purpose described comprising a base, a pair of spaced walls projecting from said base, each wall having a slot therein and a socket adjacent each slot, and a ball received in each socket and projecting through its respective slot. l

l1. A bracket for the purpose described comprising a base, a pair of spaced walls projecting from said base, each wall having a slot therein and a socket adjacent each slot, and a ball received in each socket and projecting through its respective slot, said walls being of unequal length and having seats thereon for engagement by shoulders of a door check.

REX C. JACOBS. 

